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单词 rype
释义

rypen.

Brit. /ˈriːpə/, U.S. /ˈripə/
Inflections: Plural ryper.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Danish. Partly a borrowing from Norwegian. Etymons: Danish rype; Norwegian rype.
Etymology: < Danish rype and its etymon Norwegian rype (also (Nynorsk) rjupe ), cognate with Old Icelandic rjúpa , Swedish ripa , (regional) rypa , rupa , rjåppa ; further etymology uncertain: perhaps < the same Indo-European base as Latvian rubenis black grouse. Compare ripa n.1 N.E.D. (1910) gives the pronunciation as (rǖ·pə) /ˈryːpə/. In plural form ryper after the Norwegian plural form.
Now rare.
In Scandinavia: the willow grouse, Lagopus lagopus, or the rock ptarmigan, L. muta; = ripa n.1
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus mutus (ptarmigan)
ptarmigan1599
white partridge1610
snow-hen1648
white game1678
lagopus1693
grey fowl1712
rype1744
white grouse1771
rock grouse1785
tanmerack1792
ripa1830
snow-grouse1884
lagopode1901
1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 611 Their Birds are the Ryper, or Wood-Partridge, Ravens,..Goldfinches, &c.
1758 tr. N. Horrebow Nat. Hist. Iceland xxxix. 57 Mr. Anderson says, that their finest wild fowl are snipes, quails, and partridges, called ryper, and that they run more than they fly, and are therefore easily catched.
1869 J. Bowden Naturalist in Norway ii. 17 Here..the best reindeer-shooting is to be had; while the rype, or white grouse, the hjerpe, or hazel grouse,..and capercaillie are common.
1882 J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck Three in Norway 194 The skipper put up a large brood of ryper.
1894 Fortn. Rev. June 749 All Englishmen may be credited with the knowledge that the rype is a grouse.
1907 G. T. Teasdale-Buckell Compl. Eng. Wing Shot 151 To a great extent it is also felt in pursuit of the rype of Scandinavia.
1922 N. H. Dole Amer. in Spitzbergen I. ii. iv. 306 One of the hunters brought in two gray geese, and nine ryper or Arctic grouse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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